No. It's not too complex. It's just boring. And you people keep reinventing the wheel and presenting old concepts as "revolutionary" or "innovative". That is why you get looked down upon.
Or you don't understand the needs or the technology because of your stubbornness and ignorance.
That's why I look down upon engineers with your mindset. I won't generalize all backend engineers as you did to frontend though.
I've met many who get it but of course prefer the peacefulness of controlling the execution environment and the limited state of a server.
Btw imo backend is boring because the reasons above, frontend has a lot more going on. As a full stack engineer I'd say frontend is much much harder, and that's why you have all the tech trying to make it easier to scale and maintain. That's not to say backend doesn't have it's own difficulties. It all depends what you are making too. A website is easy, a complex app is much more difficult.
I didn't say I look down upon frontend devs. I said that because of the way frontend seems to be chasing trends a lot of people look down on you. Maybe I should have said "That is why you get looked down upon by a lot of people".
Why are you assuming I am a backend dev? In fact why do you even assume I do web dev? You do know that there are many more areas where programming is needed, right?
The only people who look down on frontend or backend engineers are people who don’t understand what it means to be great in either domain, and are too arrogant to take the time to learn and appreciate its nuances.
Every engineer I’ve known who’s “looked down” on frontend or was dismissive of it was not only bad at frontend and didn’t understand what it takes to be good at it, but also a jerk about the perceived depth of their own knowledge.
MrOwnPut|3 years ago
That's why I look down upon engineers with your mindset. I won't generalize all backend engineers as you did to frontend though.
I've met many who get it but of course prefer the peacefulness of controlling the execution environment and the limited state of a server.
Btw imo backend is boring because the reasons above, frontend has a lot more going on. As a full stack engineer I'd say frontend is much much harder, and that's why you have all the tech trying to make it easier to scale and maintain. That's not to say backend doesn't have it's own difficulties. It all depends what you are making too. A website is easy, a complex app is much more difficult.
kingboss|3 years ago
Why are you assuming I am a backend dev? In fact why do you even assume I do web dev? You do know that there are many more areas where programming is needed, right?
yawnr|3 years ago
Every engineer I’ve known who’s “looked down” on frontend or was dismissive of it was not only bad at frontend and didn’t understand what it takes to be good at it, but also a jerk about the perceived depth of their own knowledge.
robertoandred|3 years ago
kingboss|3 years ago